reduced sugar whole wheat oatmeal cookies
Dana and I are trying to ease up on the white flour and refined sugar, but it's hard sometimes to do without creating "cardboard" tasting foods. He asked me to find an oatmeal cookie recipe that had no sugar and used whole wheat flour. I wasn't completely successful finding one, so I took a standard oatmeal cookie recipe and made some modifications last night. I'm sure that in time, these can be further polished to taste even better. Now, if you're expecting a white-flour tasting cookie, you may be disappointed...but it's quite a complex layering of flavors, with a hint of "graham-crackery" taste in the background. They're full of fiber and extraordinarily good for you, if cookies can be considered good for you!
prep time
20 Min
cook time
15 Min
method
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yield
2 dozen cookies
Ingredients
- 1 1/3 cups whole wheat flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 1/2 cups oats, uncooked
- 1/2 cup butter or margerine, soft or melted
- 2 - eggs
- 1 cup nuts (i used a combination of walnuts and almond slices, chopped)
- 1 cup splenda
- 1/4 cup molasses
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1 package chopped dates or dried fruit. i made two batches, one with dates and the other with a package of dried mixed berries. they were both delicious.
How To Make reduced sugar whole wheat oatmeal cookies
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Step 1Preheat oven to 350. Mix flour, baking powder, Splenda, cinnamon, baking soda, salt, and oats together. Add butter, eggs, vanilla. Stir in remainder of ingredients.
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Step 2Place walnut-sized balls of dough on greased cookie sheet, and flatten (where it's whole wheat, they don't spread without some help). I also smoothed the edges with my fingers so that they wouldn't be so bad to crumble.
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Step 3Bake for 10-12 minutes. Allow to cool for a couple of minutes on cookie sheet, then transfer gently to a wire rack to finish the cooling process. These will do best if you don't flatten them to any more than 1/3 inch thick. They'll have a chewy, dense texture...and if you like whole grain foods, I'm guessing you'll really be pleased with the taste of these.
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